Enjoy the digest:
The New South Wales Police are testing RIM BlackBerries, and will introduce the
next generation of its mobile data terminals next year to improve availability:
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11323431%5E15321%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
Microsoft now claims ownership of basic internet and network protocols such as
TCP, DHCP, DNS, Bluetooth etc. and want US$30 for your right to use them:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19526
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/randz/protocol/royalty_free_protocol_license_agreement.asp
CyberSource takes a look at Microsoft's IP infringement idemnification and
discovers that it covers less than that of Linux vendors such as Novell:
http://www.cybersource.com.au/cyber/press/the_truth_behind_microsoft_indemnification.html
Sharp-eyed statisticians note that the recent US election found greater
unexpected Republican votes in areas that used optical scanning machines:
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm
PalmOne are investigating both Microsoft operating systems and Linux as
possible alternatives to PalmOS on new devices:
http://asia.cnet.com/news/software/0,39037051,39200110,00.htm
And finally. Following up from the X-Prize, billionare Robert Bigelow offers a
US$50m prize to Americans only, for repeatably taking 5 people into orbit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6436127/
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for ECONZ Ltd. The views presented in this document are those of the collator, not those of ECONZ Ltd.